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Rice, Charles E., 1931-

Where did I come from? Where am I going? How do I get there? : straight answers for young Catholics / Charles E. Rice and Theresa Farnan ; edited by Ellen Rice. - South Bend, Ind. : St. Augustine's Press, 2006. - xi, 207 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Answer and decide -- Faith and reason: what are they? Can they tell me how to live? -- But can I really know anything? -- What can I know about myself? can I know whether I will live forever? -- What can I know about God? Can I know that God even exists? -- Can I know what God is like? -- What has God told me about Himself? What does He do for a living? -- Why did God make me - and everyone else? -- So God made me in His image?! how? and what difference does it make? -- How did it all go wrong? -- How - and why - did Christ fix the problem? -- How is Christ with me today? -- The church?! Why do I need it? -- The natural law? What's that all about? -- What about my conscience? -- How do I relate to others? -- Am I a gift to others? what about my freedom? -- My family: image of the trinity -- Sex: how did it get so messed up? -- The "great disruption": truth and consequences -- So do I have rights? where did I get them? -- Do I ever have the right to kill anybody? what about self-defense? -- What about abortion? -- Do we have to keep grandma on a feeding tube forever? -- What about the death penalty? -- But can't I kill people and break things in a war? -- Why is this a great time to be here?

1587319276 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781587319273


Catholic Church--Doctrines.


Catholic youth--Religious life.

BX2347.8.Y7 / R53 2006

248.83088282 / R495

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